Hope 4 Kids Early Learning Centers, Cathedral Oaks · Preschool, Santa Barbara
Hope 4 Kids Early Learning Centers, Cathedral Oaks is a licensed child care center in Santa Barbara, CA, licensed for up to 50 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2019. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times and investigated 5 complaints, 0 of them substantiated. The state issued 2 citations, 0 of them Type A (the most serious). None of them came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #34 of 48 centers in Santa Barbara and has more citations per inspection than 54% of California licensed centers.
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101212 Reporting Requirements(d) Upon the occurrence...of any of the events...below, a report shall be made...within the Department's next working day and during its normal business hours...(1) Events reported shall include...(C) Any unusual incident or child absence that threatens the physical or emotional health or safety of any child. This requirement was not met as evidence by: 1 The Director agreed to watch training videos on ccld.childcarevideos.org/child-care-center-operators/ regarding reporting requirements. Director is to submit a written plan on how the facility will prevent this deficiency from re-occurring. Based on LPAs observation, interview, record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as center failed to report unusual incident to the Department which posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. 8
101223 Personal Rights(a)The licensee shall ensure that each child is accorded the following personal rights:(3)To be free from corporal or unusual punishment, infliction of pain...or other actions of a punitive nature including but not limited to: interference with functions of daily living ...medication or aids to physical functioning. This requirement was not met as evidence by: 1 The Director is to submit a written plan on how the center will prevent this deficiency from reoccurring. The Director must include specific training's regarding personal rights. LPA recommended for staff to watch video regarding personal rights on ccld.childcarevideos.org/child-care-center-operators/. Based on LPAs interviews and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as staff member grabbed child inappropriately causing red marks on child which posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. 8
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Does Hope 4 Kids Early Learning Centers, Cathedral Oaks take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children. An infant center is licensed separately at the same address (listed below).
Has Hope 4 Kids Early Learning Centers, Cathedral Oaks had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 2 Type B citations, listed above.
Have there been complaints about Hope 4 Kids Early Learning Centers, Cathedral Oaks?
California investigated 5 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 0. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Hope 4 Kids Early Learning Centers, Cathedral Oaks compare with other daycares in Santa Barbara?
It is tied for #34 of 48 centers in Santa Barbara by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 54% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Hope 4 Kids Early Learning Centers, Cathedral Oaks last inspected?
Aug 18, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Hope 4 Kids Early Learning Centers, Cathedral Oaks cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Hope 4 Kids Early Learning Centers, Cathedral Oaks for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Santa Barbara County, which includes Santa Barbara, was $1,099 a month for preschoolers (about $1,390 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Hope 4 Kids Early Learning Centers, Cathedral Oaks?
The licensee is Missionary Church Of Santa Barbara, INC., and the administrator listed with the state is Tania Pacheco.
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Citations are quoted from California Department of Social Services inspection and complaint reports. Type A citations are the state’s most serious category (an immediate risk to children’s health, safety or personal rights); Type B citations are a potential risk. A citation is a finding about one rule, not a judgment about a center overall. Complaint allegations appear here only when the state substantiated them.
To read the full state reports, search facility number 426215711 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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